| Pure ginkgo biloba has become a household name | | | | lactones has a blood thinning effect. As blood |
| due to the wide array of health benefits it | | | | thins, blood flow is made faster and easier as |
| offers. For decades, the Chinese have been | | | | blood can easily pass even through tiny circuitous |
| using it as an herbal remedy to many health | | | | blood vessels, many of which are in the brain, and |
| problems. It originated from the tree ginkgo biloba | | | | even through obstacles such as blood clots and |
| L. or Maidenhair tree. As opposed to most | | | | narrowing of the vessels. As a result, the oxygen |
| botanical remedies, ginkgo biloba leaves are rarely | | | | and nutrients carried by the blood can rapidly and |
| used in their natural state. Instead, their | | | | easily be delivered to the different parts of the |
| therapeutic essence is extracted into what is now | | | | body. |
| considered pure ginkgo biloba powder extract. | | | | The dual mechanisms of action of pure ginkgo |
| Albeit ginkgo biloba is also available in other forms. | | | | biloba promises beneficial effects for numerous |
| Supplements containing pure ginkgo biloba have | | | | health problems, on top of the list is memory loss |
| become one of the most widely used herbal | | | | especially among the elderly, and related disorders |
| medicines and are even greatly prescribed in | | | | like dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Other |
| Germany and France owing to its extensive array | | | | problems where the dual modes of action of pure |
| of indications and health benefits. Of the 40 | | | | ginkgo biloba holds promise are circulatory |
| components included in most pure ginkgo biloba | | | | disorders, varicose veins, intermittent claudication, |
| extracts, two active ones are identified to be | | | | glaucoma, macular degeneration, impotence, |
| responsible for the dual mode of action of the | | | | asthma, tinnitus, dizziness, depression, stroke, |
| herbal medicine to address many health problems. | | | | hypertension, cough, and many more. |
| One of which, flavone glycosides provides the | | | | While the curative effects of pure ginkgo biloba |
| antioxidant properties of pure ginkgo biloba. As | | | | may have been clinically proven for some |
| such, it protects cells from the damage caused | | | | indications, other cases need further studies to |
| by free radicals which increase as one ages or | | | | establish its efficacy and the recommended |
| may also be caused by pollution, cigarette smoke, | | | | dosage. |
| herbicides, among others. The other one, terpene | | | | |